> just a quickie, has anyone any experience in
> protecting external media i.e. movies & soundtracks so
> the end user can't steal them & use them for their own
> personal gain?
Hi,
One way to do this would be using the BinaryIO Xtra from UpdateStage.
BinaryIO was designed to read, write and edit binary files on the Mac
and the PC. Any file that is not a plain text file - for instance a
PowerPoint file, Microsoft Word file, sound, image or application, is
a binary file.
If your media files reside on writeable media, or are small enough to
be copied to writeable media, another alternative is to use BinaryIO
Xtra to alter files to make them unplayable when opened outside of the
Director projector. You can do this by replacing a small amount data
at the beginning of the file with filler, and storing the real data
that should be in that section of the file, in a field in your
Director movie. At runtime you write the valid data into the file to
make it readable, then at projector quit, you write the filler back
out to the file to protect it again. This technique works with any
file - not just QuickTime, although the amount of filler you have to
write will vary depending on the file format. The following code
protects and unprotects a file with BinaryIO.
You can read more information about this usage and download an example
here:
http://www.updatestage.com/previous/981101.html#item2
Price: $149.00
Type: Xtra
Platforms: 32-bit Windows,Win 31,Mac
Director versions supported: 5,6,7,8,8.5
Author: Glenn Picher
You can view the documentation, download a fully functional demo or
purchase the product here:
http://www.updatestage.com/xtras/binaryio.html
HTH,
Al Hospers
Marketing Associate
UpdateStage
alhospers<at>updatestage<dot>com
http://www.updatestage.com
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